COVID-19 will be over as public health emergency this year, WHO says

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the world is "certainly in a much better position now than we have been at any time during the pandemic" He said the weekly number of reported deaths in the past four weeks has been "lower than when we first used the word 'pandemic' three years ago" The WHO called on China to be "transparent in sharing data", conduct the necessary investigations and share results.